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wǽge

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§357;
a weight,
as a general term
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  • Byrðen oððe wǽge

    pondus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17.

  • Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu

    pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi,

      Deut. 25, 15.
as a definite weight,
a wey
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  • Gá seó wǽge (wǽg,

      MS. G.) wulle tó .cxx. , and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3.
an implement for weighing, a balance, scale
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  • Ðeós wǽge oððe scalu

    lanx,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Zup. 73, 10.

  • Wǽge trutina, 36; Zup. 215, 18: statera, Scint. 81, 12: 110, 12.

    Libra,

    ðæt is pund oððe wǽge,
      Lchdm. iii. 246, 1.

  • Gelícere wǽgan

    in equilibrium,

      234, 5: 238, 26.

  • Ǽlc ðæra ðinga ðe man wihð on wǽgan,

      Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 3.

  • Áwegene on ánre wǽgan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 454, 23: 436, 12.

  • On wǽgum (wégum, Ps. Surt. Spl.)

    in stateris,

      Ps. Lamb. 61, 10.
Similar entries
v. efen-wǽge.
Linked entries
v.  wége wégi.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽge.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34260.

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